Jammu, Sept. 9 -- The restoration of a 250-meter-long stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which had been blocked for a week, has entered its final phase, officials said on Monday.This restoration aims to reopen the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir to the rest of the country. The highway has been closed since August 26 due to multiple blockades following torrential rain, flash floods, and landslides. However, it was reopened for traffic for a few hours on August 30. In total, the highway has been closed for 13 days. "The work on restoring the washed-out stretch of highway in Udhampur has entered the final phase to make the highway trafficable. The Thard stretch is quite difficult as the highway had to be rebuilt here," a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) official stated.Officials anticipate the highway will reopen for traffic by Monday night, as work is progressing rapidly. Crews have successfully blasted and removed six large rocks that were the main obstacles, and they have excavated three additional rocks to assist in clearing further hindrances, officials mentioned further."This has been a considerable challenge," officials noted. htc...